Gorteen

Gorteen

Gorteen

Village in Connacht, Ireland

For other places with the same name, see Gurteen.

Gurteen or Gorteen (Irish: Goirtín, meaning 'little field')[2] is a village in County Sligo, Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Kilfree in the baronry of Coolavin.

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Gurteen's population increased from 269 people, at the 2006 census, to 393 at the 2016 census.[1][3] It is at the intersection of the R293 road (Ballymote to Ballaghaderreen) and the R294 (Boyle to Tobercurry).

Places of interest

Transport

Bus Éireann routes 460 and 476 provide limited services through Gorteen on selected days of the week.[citation needed]

Gurteen was previously served by Kilfree Junction railway station between Boyle and Ballymote on the Dublin to Sligo line. This station opened in October 1874 and closed in February 1963.[6]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Gurteen". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Goirtín/Gorteen". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Gurteen (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Coleman Irish Music". Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Traditional Cottage - Forge - Archive". Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  6. [6]
    "Kilfree" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
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